Secondary Partnerships

Secondary Partnerships supports early college experiences for high school students, providing them the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school by taking advantage of one of the following programs:

Explore your career this summer quarter!

If you are a college-ready high school student, age 16 and above, you can explore your career this summer. Metropolitan Community College (MCC) offers a variety of career focused college classes without prerequisites. Although qualified students can take any course where they meet the prerequisites, daytime courses in the trades, architecture, health sciences, criminal justice, and early childhood education (to name a few) are available this summer at almost all of the MCC campuses.

High school students (16-plus years of age) have the opportunity to attend a sequence of career classes with a cohort of their peers at a Metropolitan Community College campus. Career Academy programs culminate in a career certificate or specialist diploma.

Student email

Class schedules, registration statements, invoices and other information are sent to student email accounts rather than through the U.S. Postal Service. Communication via student email provides the opportunity to save paper and help create a sustainable environment.

Access College Early Scholarships

Student Scholarship Program Act may be able to fund your MCC course, with course numbers of 1000 and higher. Authorized by the Nebraska Legislature in 2007, the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act (LB 192) pays tuition and mandatory fees for qualified, low-income high school students to enroll in college courses at Nebraska colleges or universities, either through dual-enrollment or early enrollment agreements with these institutions. High school students may apply for funding under this program by completing the ACE Student Application, which is reviewed by the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education for award consideration.

To qualify for the scholarship, the student or student's family must be approved to participate in one of the federal need-based government programs listed or have experienced an extreme hardship that affects family income – Free or Reduced Price Lunch Program, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Assistance Program. The student must provide documentation, from their high school, verifying approval to participate in the program or of the hardship.